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China Public Holiday

Overview of China Public HolidayChinese
people legally enjoy over 115 days off including 104 days of weekends
and 11 days of festivals. Employees have 5 to 15 days of paid annual
leave.

Students and teachers have
summer and winter vacations for about three months. The summer vacation
in China generally starts around July 1st and ends around August 31st,
and the winter vacation usually falls on January or Februry according to
the date of the Spring Festival.

China
has 7 legal holidays in a year, including New Year's Day, Spring
Festival, Qingming Festival, May Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn
Festival and National Day. At the festivals, all Chinese people will be
on vacation.

Spring Festival (Normally in Jan or Feb, 7 day's holiday)Spring
Festival is often called "New Year" due to the lunar calendar used in
Chinese history. According to this, it is the first day of the first
lunar month, and marks the beginning of a year. This is often associated
with the twelve animals of the Zodiac, with different animals being
associated with the year in twelve yearly cycles.

Qingming Festival(5 April, 3 days holiday)Tomb Sweeping Day is a traditional Chinese festival usually occurring around April 5 of Chinese calendar.

May Day (1 May, 3 days holiday)A
tradition has been costumed for many years. Labour Day marks a special
celebration for the workers in China, offering them a holiday as a
testament to their cause. This echo's the American Labour day holiday
which was legislated by Congress 100 years ago.

Dragon Boat Festival (5, Lunar May, 3 days holiday)Dragon
Boat Festival is a traditional and statutory holiday associated with
Chinese and other East Asian and Southeast Asian societies as well. The
festival occurs on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar
calendar on which the Chinese calendar is based.

Mid-Autumn Festival(15, Lunar August, 3 days holiday)The
Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival, Zhongqiu
Festival, is a popular harvest festival celebrated by Chinese and
Vietnamese people, dating back over 3,000 years to moon worship in
China's Shang dynasty.

The National Day (1 Oct, 7 days holiday)The
People's Republic of China's National Day was originated on October
1st, 1949. Taking place in the afternoon in the middle of Tian'anmen
Square, one of the largest open spaces in Beijing, the holiday marks the
first time the five star flag was raised. The ceremony took place in
front of 300,000 people as Chairman Mao declared the founding of the
PRC.